Dendromus vernayi, Hill & Carter, 1937

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Nesomyidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 156-203 : 199

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6600357

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6600303

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scientific name

Dendromus vernayi
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51. View Plate 8: Nesomyidae

Vernay’s African Climbing Mouse

Dendromus vernayi View in CoL

French: Dendromus de Vernay / German: Vernay-Klettermaus / Spanish: Raton trepadorafricano de Vernay

Taxonomy. Dendromus mesomelas vernayi Hill & Carter, 1937 View in CoL ,

“Chitau, alt. 4930 ft. [= 1503 m], Angola.”

Dendromus vernayi was previously recognized as a subspecies of D. mesomelas . Monotypic.

Distribution. Endemic to C Angola where it 1s currently known only from the type locality. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head—body 63-77 mm, tail 80-86 mm, hindfoot 20-20 mm. No specific data are available for body weight.

Vernay’s African Climbing Mouse is small, with very long prehensile tail. Tail is bicolored, darker above and paler below. Fur is long, soft, and brown or reddish-brown dorsally and grayish ventrally. Base of each hair is dark gray. Black line runs mid-dorsally from mid-back to base oftail. Earsare relatively large and rounded. Limbs are adapted for climbing. Second to fourth digits of forelimbs have elongated claws, and first and fifth digits are greatly reduced. Hindlimb has second to fourth digits elongated, fifth digit long and opposable with a claw, and first digit greatly reduced.

Habitat. No information.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Vernay’s African Climbing Mouse is only known from a single locality and may therefore be atrisk.

Bibliography. Crawford-Cabral (1998), Denys & Aniskine (2012), Dieterlen (2013e), Hill & Carter (1941), Monadjem et al. (2015), Musser & Carleton (2005).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Nesomyidae

Genus

Dendromus

Loc

Dendromus vernayi

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Dendromus mesomelas vernayi

Hill & Carter 1937
1937
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